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Computers

Screenshot of a recreation of Boston University’s campus in the popular video game Minecraft. Image shows BU's central campus. Terriers have used Minecraft to create a national, virtual college graduation.

Gaming & Graduation

Terriers Build a Global Commencement and BU’s Campus, All in Minecraft

May 5, 2020

Illustration of a woman working on a laptop at home in bird cage as pathogens of the COVID-19 virus float around. A cat sits on top of the bird cage.

Coronavirus

Coping with Being Cooped Up

March 20, 2020

Portrait of Elizabeth Slade (ENG’20), Cofounder and director of BU chapter of Hack4Impact, sitting with her computer open off to the side.

Student Life

Terriers in Charge: Elizabeth Slade (ENG’20)

March 11, 2020

Portrait of Azer Bestavros who looks through a chain link fence towards the site of BU's new Data Sciences building.

Computational Science

Game Changer: Azer Bestavros’ Journey from Egypt to Cambridge to BU’s Computing Mastermind

March 4, 2020

Portrait of Danielle Citron

Law

Q&A: LAW’s Danielle Citron Warns That Deepfake Videos Could Undermine the 2020 Election

September 11, 2019

Mariette DiChristina

Technology

New College of Communication Dean Is Scientific American Editor-in-Chief

June 6, 2019

A portrait of Xin Zhang

Awards

ENG’s Xin Zhang Is BU’s 2018 Innovator of the Year, First Woman Chosen

October 24, 2018

An artistic portrait of the three BU alums who created scriptiation

Arts & Culture

Scriptation Aims to Make Hollywood Paperless

October 4, 2018

Red Hat Presentation

Computers

Open-Source Summer in the Seaport

September 4, 2018

Student director Charles Gagnon

Science & Technology

Ready Camera One

August 1, 2018

smash bros society gathers in the basement

Students

BU Smash Bros. Society Thrives on Nintendo Mayhem

April 30, 2018

Louis Chude-Sokei

Humanities

Louis Chude-Sokei Wants African American Studies Program to Be a Central Place

April 26, 2018

Business

BU Cybersecurity Expert on How to Protect Yourself from Internet Scams

April 10, 2018

graphic depicting the rising value of Ripple, Ethereum, and Bitcoin

Computers

Investing in Cryptocurrency: Do or Don’t?

January 30, 2018

SheHacks Boston

Science & Technology

SheHacks Boston Student Organizers Are #makingthenewnormal

January 26, 2018

Participants in the Storytelling with Data Workshops will learn methods for scraping from a web site and new data visualization techniques.

Social Media

Data Storytelling Is for Everyone

May 30, 2017

Amber Navarre is this year’s winner of the Gerald and Deanne Gitner Family Award for Innovation in Teaching with Technology

University News

Teaching Chinese with Everyday Technology

April 27, 2017

Azer Bestavros at podium, behind him Katie Conboy, Evelyn Murphy, Marty Walsh, and Eddie Ahmed

Diversity

Tackling the Wage Gap with Code

January 27, 2017

Tracy Schroeder

Science & Technology

IT Leader Appointed Chair of Higher Ed Nonprofit

December 12, 2016

Cathie Jo Martin and ntern Ben Getchell sitting in a room at a meeting

Research

SAIL: A Resource from Literature to Medicine

November 30, 2016

SAIL: A Resource from Literature to Medicine